13 Popular Websites, Then And Now

What did LinkedIn look like when you first visited, in 2003? How was The New York Times' home page laid out  in 1996? Here we present before and after images of some of the world's most visited sites. Web design, we think you'll agree, has come a long way.

 
Google — Then (1998)


Google — Now

 

 
LinkedIn — Then (May 2003)

 LinkedIn — Now


  The Huffington Post — Then (On the day of its launch, May 2005)


 The Huffington Post — Now


 
Myspace — Then (October 2003)

 Myspace — Now


 YouTube — Then (May 2005)

 YouTube — Now


 Twitter — Then (October 2006)

 Twitter — Now


 Yahoo! — Then (1994)

 Yahoo! — Now


 
AOL — Then (version 2.0 in 1994 and 1.0 disk)


 AOL — Now


 Digg — Then (2004)

 Digg — Now


 The New York Times — Then (1996)

 The New York Times — Now


 eBay — Then (as Auction Web in 1997)

 eBay now


 Flickr — Then (April 2004)

 
Flickr — Now


 Facebook — Then (2004)

 Facebook — Now